In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...

As the second-largest US state and the site of its most famous gold rush, there is a significant collection of ghost towns in ...

The rough-and-tumble days of the Old West may be gone in the Arizona of today, but the ghost towns it's left behind are sometimes just as fascinating. Arizona is full of places that once thrived and ...

If you like exploring once-thriving ghost towns, head to this farming village in Michigan with an abandoned general store, ...

Nestled up against the Canadian border, this county in Washington is home to a bunch of abandoned mining towns that are equal parts historic and haunting.

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

It was during Covid that Levi Kessler first started exploring historic underground mines in the Black Hills. Kessler only ...

The Beehive State is full of complex stories of settlement, some inspiring, some a little unsavory; some tales of grit and perseverance turned to boom and bust. During the 1800s and early 1900s, ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

An abandoned town, largely unchanged from decades ago, sits at the far northern edge of Svalbard, beyond reliable phone ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company towns still exist in a half-abandoned state. They are no longer active, but ...